Chapter 19
Alyssa’s mind was clouded, and she even mistook Jasper for her brother. She choked and cried, ” Why doesn’t Jasper like me? Why …”
Jasper’s heart skipped a beat, his thin lips tightly pressed together as he listened to her lament.
“I tried so hard. I really tried. But it seems the harder I tried, the more he disliked me. Why is that?
Tell me!”
Suddenly, she turned around and clung to Jasper while sobbing heavily in his chest. Her tears, running nose, and makeup smeared his clean shirt.
He stood rooted to the ground, his throat tightening as he felt her scorching tears searing into his chest and saturating his heart.
After a while, his voice deepened as he asked, “Do you really love Jasper?”
Alyssa raised her tear–stained face, her cherry lips slightly parted.
Jasper gulped as he struggled against the strong temptation of pure desire. He regretted asking that question.
So what if she loved him? So what if she didn’t? Their divorce was a done deal, and his life partner could only be Liana.
With a loud bang, the restroom door was kicked open.
“Jasper! How can you be so shameless? Can’t you be satisfied with what you have?”
Silas‘ eyes turned red with anger. Striding into the restroom, he pulled Alyssa into his arms and protected her like an mother hen guarding its chick.
Jasper’s elegant eyebrows furrowed tightly, and the fact that Silas, who usually carried himself with grace, was furious to this extent showed how much he cared about his ex–wife.
He felt somewhat suffocated.
“Mr. Jonah, she has a low alcohol tolerance and vomited heavily just now. If you truly care about her, you shouldn’t have brought her to a place like this.”
Silas was about to retort, but hearing Jasper addressing him as Jonah, he decided to play along and assumed the role of Jonah. “I’ll accompany my woman to do whatever she wants to. If she likes to have fun, I’ll have fun with her. Jasper, you and Alice are divorced. Stop sticking your
nose into her business. Go back and take care of Ms. Gardner!”
With that, Silas helped Alyssa walk toward the exit, but Jasper stopped him.
“What do you think you’re doing?”
“Do you really love her?” Jasper asked in a low voice.
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